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LETTERS: COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM STILL ALIVE
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/16/97)
To the editor: There is much confusion in our country today as to what communism, socialism and liberalism mean. I think this confusion is deliberately stated by those who would change our republic to a socialist state. As far as I can determine, the only difference between communism and socialism is that in a communist state the government owns all the property and the people are only serfs working for the state and those who are in control. ...
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JEAN BELL MOSLEY CONTINUES TO SHARE WITH READERS
(Editorial ~ 07/16/97)
Year after year, readers have seen the world through the eyes of Jean Bell Mosley in her weekly newspaper column. We have learned to pause and celebrate nature and country living. With her help, we have rejoiced in life's small pleasures. A prolific writer, Mosley has published several hundred short stories and articles in such magazines as Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Guideposts and Ladies Home Journal. ...
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CHANGE TARGETS PROPERTY CODE VIOLATORS
(Editorial ~ 07/16/97)
A junky house is not just an eyesore. It can prove dangerous for neighborhood children, and it bring down the values of other homes around it. Cape Girardeau's minimum property standards are pretty specific. In the past, only tenants, invitees or patrons of commercial property or residents living within 200 feet of a property could file a complaint...
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RUST COMMENTARY: POLICE CHIEF RICK HETZEL OUTLINES WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SERVE AND PROTECT
(Column ~ 07/16/97)
"THE POLICEMAN," as read by Cape Girardeau Police Chief RICK HETZEL during his Chamber breakfast remarks last week, reminded me a little of the newspaper and other professions I know where one's actions are open to different interpretation. Here's the article:...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 07/16/97)
I CAN'T believe that the city doesn't fix Bloomfield Road wider. I have been on it recently and we have practically been bumper to bumper. It is such a busy street and such a bad street. I do wish they would widen it. REPLY: Improvements to Bloomfield Road are part of the scheduled projects included in the sales tax approved by Cape Girardeau voters. You're right. These improvements are needed...
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FEW TAKE PROPERTY VALUES TO BOARD; EQUALIZATION BOARD CONVENES
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Cape Girardeau County's Board of Equalization has heard few complaints about property assessments. Only eight people have appealed to the board to lower their 1997 property assessments. Four of those cases were heard Monday and another four are on the docket for Thursday at the County Administration Building in Jackson...
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GROUP SEEKS BREAK FOR POOR SCHOOLS
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
A local committee representing about 180 Missouri superintendents wants the state Board of Education to level the playing field with regards to some MSIP accreditation standards. The Committee for Equitable MSIP (Missouri State Improvement Program) Performance Standards said the state should lower its performance standards for poverty school districts seeking accreditation...
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QUALITY BLUEBERRIES BEING PICKED LOCALLY
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Mid-America Teen Challenge residents are reaping a good harvest of blueberries this year. They are selling them at a stand in the parking lot of Town Plaza off Independence Street. Missouri's blueberry crop is in good shape and producing quality fruit...
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JACKSON MERCHANTS EXPLORE WAYS TO RETAIN BUSINESSES; PANEL FORMED TO KEEP BUSINESS DISTRICT ALIVE
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
JACKSON -- A group of concerned Jackson merchants and business owners are getting up very early once a week. For the past two months, on Thursday mornings at 7, the group, known as the Small Business Recruitment Committee, meets to discuss the future of small businesses in Jackson...
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SOUTHERN EXPOSURE: NEW PHILOSOPHY ... AND SOME RAMBLINGS OF AN OVERUSED MIND
(Column ~ 07/16/97)
I have adopted a new philosophy on life. I'm not going to criticize something until I have either tried it or researched it. I'm good at making snap judgments about things that I have little or no real knowledge of. I don't know anything about all religious sects and institutions yet I freely criticize many of them...
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CITY TO IMPROVE PUBLIC-ACCESS BROADCASTS
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Broadcasts on Cape Girardeau's public access cable channel should look more professional soon. The city's Cable Television Citizens Committee decided to go ahead with the installation of new equipment right away instead of waiting to see whether the city buys the old Boatmen's Bank building at 100 Broadway...
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SWIMMING POOLS GET CHECKUPS
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
It is the middle of summer and it is hot. Many are relieved to jump into the cool, refreshing water of a public pool. Cape Girardeau County Public Health officials want to make sure that water is safe. Mike Rockett, environmental public health specialist, said a team is currently inspecting all public pools in the Cape Girardeau area...
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RCGA ANNUAL BANQUET IS THURSDAY
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
"Regional Impact of Cultural Tourism" will be the topic of the ninth annual Regional Commerce and Growth Association's annual banquet. The RCGA meeting will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau. The social hour starts at 6 p.m...
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CONTRACTOR AWAITS GO-AHEAD ON CENTER PIER WORK FOR BRIDGE
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Once Flat Iron Structures Co. gets the go-ahead, it will be full steam ahead on bridge work in the middle of the Mississippi River. "We're ready," said Matt Girard, project manager for the construction company, which holds the $50,854,029 contract for the cable-stay section of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge being built at Cape Girardeau...
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JACKSON PANEL PLANS SECOND MURAL
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
JACKSON -- A new Jackson mural is being planned. Herb Wickham, retired art teacher and chairman of the Jackson Mural Committee, said plans for the second Jackson mural are in their infancy stages. "Sponsorship is currently being sought for the mural costs," he said, "and a tentative site location has been found on the on the west side of the Goose Creek Trading Company at the corner of Main and Missouri."...
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ASK JACKSON
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
The Southeast Missourian asked people about the six-month-old television ratings system. A new list of program content indicators is set to be added to the system by Oct. 1. Pam Jackson: "More than anything, I am curious as to why they put a certain rating on a show. It doesn't really cause me to change my mind about watching it. I think most people have already decided what show they will watch, but it would be good to have more information."...
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JACKSON SCHOOL BOARD GETS LOOK AT BUSS SAFETY FEATURES
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Bus safety and fiscal and administrative preparations for the new school year dominated the agenda during the Jackson Board of Education meeting Tuesday night at Jackson Middle School. Transportation director Jean Kurre gave board members and administrators a safety tour of the newest addition to the district's bus fleet. ...
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ACADEMY GIVES STUDENTS UP-CLOSE LOOK AT INDUSTRY
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Like many high school students, Lani Bedwell is having trouble deciding what she wants to do when she grows up. The Scott City High School student knows two things -- she wants to go to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and she likes math and science...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU'S DEIMUND IS LIONS DISTRICT GOVERNOR
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
Dr. G. Keith Deimund of Cape Girardeau was one of 700 people sworn in as district governors recently at the Lions Clubs International Convention in Philadelphia June 27 through July 5. Deimund is a member of the Cape Girardeau Lions Club. As district governor he will preside over 34 clubs and two clubs for teen-age members...
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SCOTT CITY CHAMBER HEARS UPDATE ON SENATE ACTION
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
SCOTT CITY -- State Sen. Peter Kinder had an informal lunch with a handful of Scott City Chamber of Commerce members Tuesday. Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, was the featured speaker at the chamber's monthly meeting but only five chamber members attended. So Kinder presented his "State of the Senate" update, then fielded questions from those gathered...
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OLE MISS GIVES LUKENS A `SHOT'
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/97)
Cape Central graduate Laura Lukens' talents in the discus and shot put are easy to see looking at her all-state career in high school. Apparently, it didn't take Mississippi track and field coach Joe Walker long to figure out Lukens would be a great addition to his Lady Rebels' team. Lukens signed a track and field scholarship with Ole Miss recently...
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CAPE C.C. DRESSES A `WEE BIT' SCOTTISH FOR LASSIES CLASSIC
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/97)
Professional golfers participating in this week's British Open will be facing swirling winds and deep rough as action begins in Scotland. But the 198 women competing in the 19th Annual Lassies Classic Scramble, starting today at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, will be faced with a few Scottish obstacles of their own...
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BRIEFLY: VERHINES SINKS HOLE-IN-ONE
(High School Sports ~ 07/16/97)
JACKSON -- Brad Verhines deposited a hole-in-one Sunday on the No. 6 hole at Kimbeland Country Club. Verhines used a 8-iron on the 150-yard par 3 to record his first career ace. Lyman Crites, Harold Bradfield and Kent Verhines witnessed the shot.
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HAZEL JONES
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
ADVANCE -- Hazel Ann Jones, 85, of Advance died Monday, July 14, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 29, 1911, in Rumbranch, daughter of Woodfil A. and Elzie Irwin DeVore. She and Charley Jones were married Dec. 18, 1933. He died March 15, 1963...
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RUBY BOX
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
BLOOMFIELD -- Ruby Maurene Box, 73, of Bloomfield died Monday, July 14, 1997, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was born April 5, 1924, at Bloomfield, daughter of Dave and Elizabeth Coats Jackson. She was raised by a sister and brother-in-law, Velma and Lawrence Evans...
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JESSIE HUGHES
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
JACKSON -- A memorial service for Jessie C. Hughes of St. Louis was held at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. The Rev. Jeff Long officiated. Hughes had been a bookkeeper at a beverage company in St. Louis. After retiring the couple moved to Sun City, Ariz. She returned to St. Louis after her husband died. She was a member of Zion United Methodist Church in St. Louis...
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GLADYS LEE
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Gladys E. Lee of Fairhope, Ala., formerly of East Prairie, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. The Rev. Jerry Willer will officiate, with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery near Charleston...
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DENNIS `DIXIE' WOOD
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
PERRYVILLE -- Dennis A. "Dixie" Wood, 78, of Perryville died Tuesday, July 15, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 30, 1919, in Perryville, the son of Prince Edward and Mary Marcella Richardet Wood. On June 10, 1939, he married Margaret L. Moranville in Perryville...
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LOUIE KELLEY
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
JONESBORO -- Funeral service for Louie E. Kelley of Jonesboro will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. The Rev. John W. Cripps will officiate, with burial in Casper Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...
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CLIFFORD FORD JR.
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
SCOTT CITY -- Clifford Eugene Ford Jr., 26, of Scott City died Monday, July 14, 1997, near Bozeman, Mont., from injuries received in a vehicle accident. He was born July 2, 1971, in Cape Girardeau, son of Clifford Eugene and Bonnie Caudell Ford Sr. Ford was a truck driver with Road Runner Trucking Services. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was formerly of Thebes, Ill...
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ETHEL BLEDSOE
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Funeral service for Ethel J. Bledsoe of Roxana, was held Monday at Marks Mortuary in Wood River. The Rev. Roy Gibbs officiated. Announcement courtesy of Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Bledsoe, 90, died Friday, July 11, 1997, at VIP Manor Nursing Home in Roxana...
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MAXINE JOBE
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
Maxine R. Jobe, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 14, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 10, 1921, in St. Louis, daughter of Edwin and Odelia Lindauer Muehlenbrock. She and Lloyd G. Brown Sr. were married Oct. 6, 1943, in St. Louis. He died in 1962. She later married Louis N. Jobe in August 1972, in St. Louis. He died in 1990...
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WOMAN HURT IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 07/16/97)
DUTCHTOWN -- A Whitewater woman was injured Tuesday afternoon after the car she was driving went out of control. Bertha Paul, 71, was driving a 1992 Chevrolet S-10 westbound three miles west of Dutchtown on Route A when her car went off the road and overturned...
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MYRTIE TATE
(Obituary ~ 07/16/97)
BENTON -- Funeral service for Myrtie V. Tate of Osceola, Ark., will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Cobb Funeral Home in Blytheville, Ark. Burial will be in Mississippi County Memorial Garden in Osceola. Tate, 87, died Monday, July 14, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 07/16/97)
Son to David Patrick and Samantha Leigh Ayers of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:54 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 1997. Name, Christian Blake. Weight, 7 pounds 11 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Ayers is the former Samantha Montgomery, daughter of Steve and Anita Montgomery of Chaffee. She is employed at Blair Industries. Ayers is owner of Per Fection Pressure Wash and Cleaning Services...
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TALKING TRASH: `CHEERIO' TO BOXES -- HAPPY CRUNCHING!
(Column ~ 07/16/97)
Kudos to the public works department for broadening the scope of our city's recycling efforts, by adding light-weight (gray) cardboard to our list of collectibles! It causes me to pause and reflect on years of raising our four children on their favorite "fast food" breakfasts of cereal and milk. ...
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